Many beauty seekers have done orthodontics, so everyone knows that they need to wear retainers in the later period of orthodontics. If you don't wear it, it may cause tooth deformation. There are several kinds of retainers, and the traditional retainer is one of them.

1. Traditional retainer

Also called Harley retainer, it is made of resin material and steel wire. The appearance is shown in the figure below. You can adjust your teeth slightly, but there is a strong sense of foreign body, which affects your pronunciation.

2. Transparent bracket

It should be said that it is a relatively advanced retainer with a thickness of about 0.5mm, which has little foreign body sensation and does not affect the appearance, and the retention effect is very good. The disadvantage is that the air permeability is poor and the teeth can't be completely occluded.

3. Lingual retainer

This kind of retainer is a kind of metal sheet, which is attached to the inside of the teeth without affecting the appearance, and it doesn't need to be taken off when eating, because it is fixed on the teeth. But doctors generally don't recommend it, because only six teeth can be glued, and the retention effect is not good.

4. How to choose

Of course, it is mainly based on doctor's advice. However, if you don't mind the money, Bian Xiao suggested making a transparent retainer, a traditional retainer. Wearing transparent glasses during the day does not affect the appearance, and wearing traditional fine-tuning teeth at night can also make the teeth breathe.

The price of the retainer varies greatly, ranging from several hundred dollars in a dental clinic to several thousand dollars in a hospital. The transparent fixer made in clinics and hospitals is more than twice as thick as that in hospitals. It seems that the technology is still not up to standard